Fast answer: compare Fe and Cu and you have it. The conductivity depends not only on the DOS at Ef but also on the setails of the bandstructure. There is no way to compare whether Sodium, Copper, or Gold are more metallic or not.
Ciao Gerhard ==================================== Dr. Gerhard H. Fecher Institut of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg - University 55099 Mainz ________________________________________ Von: wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at [wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at]" im Auftrag von "saeid pourmasoud [sa_pourmasoud2007 at yahoo.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2012 06:45 An: wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at Betreff: [Wien] Is there any relationship between DOS(E_F) and conductivity? Dear All, We are working on two different metallic compounds. I have calculated total DOS at Fermi level, DOS(E_F), for these two compounds. Our result shows that the DOS(E_F) of the first compound is larger than the DOS(E_F) of the second compound. Can I conclude from this observation that the first compound is more metallic than the second compound? Can we compare conductivity of these two compounds using their total DOS values at Fermi levels? Can you cite a reference in this respect? Best regards, S. Pourmasoud